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...But of these sophisms and elenchs of merchandise I skill not...
Milton, Areopagitica

Except he had found the
standing sea-rock that even this last
Temptation breaks on; quieter than death but lovelier; peace
that quiets the desire even of praising it.

Jeffers, Meditation On Saviors


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5.11.02

Puritans thought sex on Sunday was a sin. They believed every baby was born on the same day of the week on which it was conceived, nine months later. So they punished the mother whose baby was born on Sunday.

L.M.Boyd

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